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emotionalism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /iˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈməʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English emotionalism From emotional + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics.
   • Yet once the emotionalism of those ‘great gusts of words’ had been flensed, the flesh and bones of the programme looked disappointingly like the mixture as before […]. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 304:
   • to infuse into Judaism new vision, or rather to re-awaken the dormant emotionalism and mystic strain 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 412:

Forms

Deriveds

antiemotionalism

Relateds

emotivism